clements



Patented Dec. 8,

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

rnicn ALDERFER. or sounnn'ron, Ann ritoiens r. ramme, or PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW CONSTRU GTIQN.

Application filed March 13, 1923. Serial No. 624,774.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PRICE ALDERFER and TrroMAs F. CLnMnN'rs, citizens of the United States, residing at Souderton and Philadelphia, in the counties of Montgomery and Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improve ments in \Vindow Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window construc tiou, and particularly to windows adapted for use in bathrooms and porch enclosures. One of the principal objects is to construct a device of this nature which shall be cheap to construct and install, which will avoid the use of weights and springs, will permit ofvarying degrees of ventilation from side and top and bottom, and will be readily held in any desired position.

Another object is to provide a window which will serve the double purpose of closure and awning.

Another object is to produce-a device of this nature which is particularly adapted to ventilate a bathroom and at the same time provides the maximum of privacy.

Another object is to produce a novel lock for such devices.

Another object is to provide a lock which shall be automatically operated by the ma nipulating devices for manipulating the sash elements.

YVith these and other objects in view as will be more apparent, the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangements of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accomanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view of a window frame fitted with our improvements and with one side removed to show the hardware and operating parts.

Figure 2 is a detail view showing the upper bracket.

Figure 3 is a detail ofthe lug-carrying plate co-operative with the bracket of Figure 2.

Figure t is a detail of the frame to show the securing plate.

Figure 5 is a detail showing one of the window locks.

T Figure 6 is a sectional view ofone. of the Figure 7 is a detail perspective View of a lug carrying plate used in the construction.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the views. 7

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents the window frame, the jambs of which are formed withtracks, race-ways or runs 11 extending from top to bottomand provided with notches or rests 12which may be arranged at convenient distances apart. The upper and lower sashes are indicated respectively at 13 and 14, and are joined at the side edges by hinges 15 which fit in flush with the edges of the sashes.

Secured at each side of the lower endof the lower sash 14 is a plate 16 carrying an outstanding lug 17 which enters and travels in the run or race-way 11 of the respective adjacent jamb. The lugs .1? may travel up and down in the races 11 upon moving the sashes relatively on their hinges, and by stopping the lugs in any one of the rests 12, the window may be maintained at a conveniently open position, and by proper manipulation, the lower sash may be so positioned that the outside of it is readily reachable from the interior of the room making it easy to clean the outside of the glass in this sash. It will also be seen that if a shade is placed on the upper sash 13, this sash may be raised into a position in which it will perform the functions of an awning.

At the upper outer faces of the upper sash 13 there are arranged plates 18 having outstanding lugs 19 which are also capable of movement along the race-ways 11 and capable of being rested in any one of the rests 12. This construction permits the lowering of the upper sash so as to form an upper opening for ventilating purposes, and if the sash be brought down far enough, it can conveniently be reached from inside the room for cleaning the outside of the glass in this sash.

The lower end of the runway 11 is provided with an inwardly extending ofi-set at 20 so that when the lower sash 14 is brought completely down, this sash will be forced tightly against the stop 21. The upper end of each run 11 is finished oil by merging into a slot in a plate 22 set into the window frame and extending outwardly therefrom. The plate 22 is provided with two shoulders, shown respectively at 23 and 24. In normal condition with the window entirely closed, the lugs 19 rest on the shoulders 23. In lowering the upper sash, the lugs 19 may be rested against the shoulders 24- when it is desired to have only a limited amount of ventil-ation.

The means for holding the sashes closed and for manipulating the lower sash comprises a pair of lockswhich are identical in construction and operation except that one is right-hand and the other left-hand. This means comprises. a special lock the frame of which isindioated at 25 and may be of any suitable size and shape to hold the working parts hereinafter described. Inside the frame and pivoted on trunnions 26 extending into the frame 25is a bar 27.

which carriesa latch or hook 28 and a handle 29. The latch 28 pro ects through an aperture 111 the plate or frame 25 and is adaptedto engage with a catch plate 30secured on the stop. A spring 32 constantly presseson afinger 31 otthe bar so as to turn the latch or 11001128 into locking position. The handle 29*also projects through the lira-weir"), and when grasped and lifted upon causes the latch or hook-28 to be disengagedfrom the latch plate 30;

If desired, locks may-be secured on both sashes, but it 'is much cheaper construction to place only a grip member 33 on the upper sash to manipulate it with.

While we have described what we deem to be the most desirable embodiment of our in vention, it Obvious that many of the parts may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of our invention, and we therefore do not limit ourselves to the exact details of construction herein shown nor to anything less than the whole of our invention limited only by the appended claim.

v that we claim is i Ina window construction, the combination with awindow frame termed with run-ways, plates at the top of said frame having slots colnn' unicating with the upper end of the run-ways, the slots in said plates curving outwardly away from the run-way and ter lninating at their upper end in a tapered shoulder, haying an outwardly positioned depressed shoulder at their lower ends, hingedly connected sashes and lugs on each of saidsashes and movable in said runma the lugs on the upper one'of said sashes adapted to morein the slots in the plates and into the shoulder therein.

In testimony whereof we. aflix our signatures.

PRIGE ALDERFER. THOMAS F. CLEMENTS. 

